"I thought there might have been more", said Strickland during a call with the press following the announcement of this year's winners. Early on in his career at Bell Labs, he didn't get a raise and was anxious he would be fired after his research didn't pan out. It is used most frequently in laser eye surgery, but there are many other applications, including in ultra-fast cameras used for imaging molecular processes.

It will be the first time the Nobel Prize for literature has not been awarded since World War Two.

At 96, Ashkin is the oldest ever Nobel prize victor, but he is still busy with fresh research.

The inventions being honored this year have revolutionised laser physics.

The technology is said to be useful in laser machining.

Arthur Ashkin, from the USA, was awarded half the £770,000 (9 million Swedish kronor) prize, with the other half shared by Gerard Mourou of France and Canadian Donna Strickland.

In May, the academy announced that no prize would be awarded this year.

"This is now a development that we can already see could be of importance for cancer therapy", said Mats Larsson, a member of the physics Nobel committee.

In doing so, he invented the optical tweezers that are today used to grab particles, atoms, viruses and living cells with their laser-based pincers.

He says the focus the Nobel Prize brings to the university's lab will enhance its already solid reputation.

Donna Strickland, a Canadian physicist, was awarded the 2018 prize jointly with Gérard Mourou, from France, for their work on generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses. "Mourou and Strickland did much of their groundbreaking work together at the University of Rochester in the United States".

She admits the scientific community has made some progress on the gender gap - "schemes to support women in their return from maternity leave, shared parental leave, policies to prevent sexual harassment and bullying" - but the playing field is still far from even.

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Anyone upgrading from the iPhone 7 would see an even larger 9.9Mbps increase in the United States and 31.6Mbps jump in Canada. In terms of specifications Samsung Galaxy Note 9 in the silver body is no different from a smartphone in other colors.

Amazon, which has been under fire over its pay for low-ranking workers, is increasing its minimum wage to $15 an hour. By way of comparison, Walmart's minimum wage is $11 an hour and Target is aiming to achieve $15 an hour by 2020.

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There are some games which do not require the service, such as Fortnite since it's free-to-play, but most other definitely do. Bottom line: Thanks to Nintendo being "lazy", gamers with hacked Switches can add their own ROMs to the Switch's NES app.

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